by admin | Mar 10, 2019 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. If a human being decides you should be subject to a 20% accuracy penalty for understating your tax, it is not valid unless another human being, one at a higher paygrade, approves it in writing. On the other hand, if a machine...
by admin | Mar 7, 2019 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. Expansion of the Gig Economy Warrants Focus on Improving Self-employment Tax Compliance, a recent report from the Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration (TIGTA) has me demoralized. I think I have finally come to a major...
by admin | Feb 26, 2019 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. Is it possible that the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, followed by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, the legacy of Ronald Reagan is where it all went wrong? That is the case that John Komlos makes in his paper recently...
by admin | Feb 24, 2019 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. EcoVest Capital Inc is under attack by the Justice Department for promoting in DOJ’s view “fraudulent conservation easement shelters” based on “willfully false valuations”. EcoVest’s attorneys...
by admin | Feb 22, 2019 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. I finally got around to getting excited about opportunity zones (OZ). My excitement subsided as I looked into the matter, but it still remains at a subdued level. The OZ concept regardless of whatever else it might be is an...
by admin | Feb 21, 2019 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. Ruth Bader Ginsburg using the output of a Pentagon computer meant to frustrate her fight for gender equity as a blueprint for the future struggle is kind of the nerd heaven part of On The Basis of Sex. It breaks my heart to...